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2002 UEFA Champions League final

2002 UEFA Champions League final

Match programme cover
Event	2001–02 UEFA Champions League
Bayer Leverkusen Real Madrid 1 2
Date	15 May 2002
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Man of the Match	Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)[1]
Referee	Urs Meier (Switzerland)[2]
Attendance	50,499[1]
Weather	Mostly cloudy, rain showers 15 °C (59 °F)[3]
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The 2002 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League, Europe's primary club football competition. The show-piece event was contested between Bayer Leverkusen of Germany and Real Madrid of Spain at Hampden ParkinGlasgow, Scotland,^[4] on 15 May 2002 to decide the winner of the Champions League.^[4] Leverkusen appeared in the final for the first time, whereas Real Madrid appeared in their 12th final.

Each club needed to progress through two group stages, and two knockout rounds to reach the final. Real Madrid won their group and moved into the second group stage, which they also won, before facing the defending champions Bayern Munich and Barcelona in the knockout stage. Bayer Leverkusen finished second in their group behind Barcelona and progressed to the second group stage. There, they won their group, before beating the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United to progress to the final.

Before the match, a minute of silence was held in honour of Ukrainian manager Valeriy Lobanovskyi, who died two days earlier.^[5]

Real Madrid were regarded as favourites before the match and took the lead in the eighth minute through Raúl. Lúcio equalised five minutes later, before Zinedine Zidane scored the winning goal on the stroke of half-time, a left-footed volley into the top corner that has since gone down as one of the greatest goals in the history of the competition,^[6] to secure Real Madrid's ninth European Cup.

In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.

Teams	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Bayer Leverkusen	None
Real Madrid	11 (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1981, 1998, 2000)

Bayer Leverkusen				Round	Real Madrid
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Red Star Belgrade	3–0	3–0 (H)	0–0 (A)	Third qualifying round	Bye
Opponent	Result			First group stage	Opponent	Result
Lyon	0–1 (A)			Matchday 1	Roma	2–1 (A)
Barcelona	2–1 (H)			Matchday 2	Lokomotiv Moscow	4–0 (H)
Fenerbahçe	2–1 (H)			Matchday 3	Anderlecht	4–1 (H)
Barcelona	2–1 (A)			Matchday 4	Anderlecht	2–0 (A)
Fenerbahçe	1–2 (A)			Matchday 5	Roma	1–1 (H)
Lyon	2–4 (H)			Matchday 6	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–2 (A)
Group F runners-up Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Barcelona 6 15 2 Bayer Leverkusen 6 12 3 Lyon 6 9 4 Fenerbahçe 6 0 Source: RSSSF				Final standings	Group A winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Real Madrid 6 13 2 Roma 6 9 3 Lokomotiv Moscow 6 7 4 Anderlecht 6 3 Source: RSSSF
Opponent	Result			Second group stage	Opponent	Result
Juventus	0–4 (A)			Matchday 1	Sparta Prague	3–2 (A)
Deportivo La Coruña	3–0 (H)			Matchday 2	Panathinaikos	3–0 (H)
Arsenal	1–1 (H)			Matchday 3	Porto	1–0 (H)
Arsenal	1–4 (A)			Matchday 4	Porto	2–1 (A)
Juventus	3–1 (H)			Matchday 5	Sparta Prague	3–0 (H)
Deportivo La Coruña	3–1 (A)			Matchday 6	Panathinaikos	2–2 (A)
Group D winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Bayer Leverkusen 6 10 2 Deportivo La Coruña 6 10 3 Arsenal 6 7 4 Juventus 6 7 Source: RSSSF				Final standings	Group C winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Real Madrid 6 16 2 Panathinaikos 6 8 3 Sparta Prague 6 6 4 Porto 6 4 Source: RSSSF
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool	4–3	0–1 (A)	4–2 (H)	Quarter-finals	Bayern Munich	3–2	1–2 (A)	2–0 (H)
Manchester United	3–3 (a)	2–2 (A)	1–1 (H)	Semi-finals	Barcelona	3–1	2–0 (A)	1–1 (H)

Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	Real Madrid
Lúcio 14'	Report	Raúl 8' Zidane 45'

Attendance: 50,499^[1]

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)^[2]

GK 1 Hans-Jörg Butt RB 26 Zoltán Sebescen  65' CB 6 Boris Živković CB 19 Lúcio  90+1' LB 35 Diego Placente DM 28 Carsten Ramelow (c) RM 25 Bernd Schneider CM 13 Michael Ballack LM 23 Thomas Brdarić  39' AM 10 Yıldıray Baştürk CF 27 Oliver Neuville Substitutes: GK 20 Frank Juric DF 47 Thomas Kleine MF 3 Marko Babić  90+1' MF 15 Jurica Vranješ MF 33 Anel Džaka FW 9 Ulf Kirsten  65' FW 12 Dimitar Berbatov  39' Manager: Klaus Toppmöller

GK 13 César  68' RB 2 Míchel Salgado  45+2' CB 4 Fernando Hierro (c) CB 6 Iván Helguera LB 3 Roberto Carlos  89' DM 24 Claude Makélélé  73' RM 10 Luís Figo  61' LM 21 Santiago Solari AM 5 Zinedine Zidane CF 7 Raúl CF 9 Fernando Morientes Substitutes: GK 1 Iker Casillas  68' DF 18 Aitor Karanka DF 31 Francisco Pavón MF 8 Steve McManaman  61' MF 14 Guti MF 16 Flávio Conceição  73' FW 23 Pedro Munitis Manager: Vicente del Bosque

In the 2001–02 season, Bayer Leverkusen finished second in the Bundesliga and lost in the 2002 DFB-Pokal Final. After the match, Leverkusen manager Klaus Toppmöller expressed his disappointment on finishing this strong season without a title, stating: "the disappointment is huge – you don't always get the rewards you deserve in football, and no-one knows that better than us after what we have been through. We must seek consolation. Doing what we have done means we have had a very good season – but what has happened to us is difficult and makes us feel bitter."^[9]

Five Leverkusen players, Michael Ballack, Hans-Jörg Butt, Oliver Neuville, Carsten Ramelow, and Bernd Schneider went on to add a fourth silver medal at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. However, the gold medal-winning Brazil squad also included a Leverkusen player in Lúcio.

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• 2001–02 UEFA Champions League season at UEFA.com